Study it in the app“So Aaron took it as Moses had said and ran into the midst of the assembly, and look, the plague had begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made expiation for the people.”
So Aaronוַ אַהֲרֹןtook itיִּקַּחasכַּאֲשֶׁרMosesמֹשֶׁהhad saidדִּבֶּרand ranוַיָּרָץintoאֶלthe midstתּוֹךof the assembly,הַקָּהָלandוְlook,הִנֵּהthe plagueהַנֶּגֶףhad begunהֵחֵלamong the people.בָּעָםAnd he put onוַיִּתֵּןthe incenseאֶת הַקְּטֹרֶתand made expiationוַיְכַפֵּרforעַלthe people.הָעָם
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsrun
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearsplague
A striking blow of judgment.
Where else “negef” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appearsincense
Incense: a mixture of spices burned to give sweet-smelling smoke; also the smoke of a burned sacrifice.
Where else “ketoret” appearsatone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yechaper” appears46And Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire in it from the altar, and lay on it incense, and carry it quickly to the community and make expiation for them, for wrath has gone out from the presence of YHWH; the plague has begun.”
47 · This verse (above)
48And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.
